One Line, One Year

Faith (coming to earth)
As learning (falling and walking)
Increases our Knowledge (beginning to learn)
Time will tell us (learning to tell time)
How we got to be (asks questions)

Individually we are different and independent (individuality found)
Now our family will be together forever (sealed in the temple)

Jesus was baptized just like us, and earth (baptism)
Eventually we will live with he, for all eternity (plan of salvation)
Soon we will write, about who we are and why (sister born)
Universally kids all trust in the Lord and follow his light (sings)
Sadly his message is not spread, we must spread it to all (mission)

Christ will redeem us all, we are all equally known and loved (issues)
He gave his only son, we are the few and many who know him (believe)
Right now is bleak, but a learn we a to endure a it, it starts
If it is a need to heed his word, no belief, but know Jesus is here
So we find a why, who we are, our fate will be known, as we learn why
Time is a here, us to find it, we is we, not at home, to live lone now

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Editor’s Note

The number one question our editors receive is—what do the editors and judges look for when judging the contest? The number one answer we give is creativity. Unlike prose, writing composed in everyday language, poetry is considered a creative art and requires a different type of effort and a certain level of depth. Of the thousands of poems entered in each contest, the ones that catch our judges’ eyes are the ones that remove us, even just slightly, from the scope of everyday life by using language that is interesting, specific, vivid, obscure, compelling, figurative, and so on. Oftentimes, poems are pulled aside for a second look based simply on certain words that intrigued the reader. So first and foremost, be sure your poetry is written using creative language. Take general ideas and make them personal. In his infamous book De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”